Nintendo Ds Due Out 24 Feb

[SKYLVIA]

hey ppls,

just letting everyone know that the new generation of handheld gaming is released on 24th feb. With the top screen as a play screen and the bottom as a touch screen to help aid in playing your DS games it is very impressive at only $199. i do know NFSU will be released on the DS, not too sure as to what it looks like yet but should be impressive from what ive seen from metroid prime hunter (DS) which also looks good. and if any of you are wanting to test a DS before you purchase one, your nearest EB (electronics boutique) should have a console for you to play.

ofcourse the PSP is also due out this year but weve only got a relase date for april and i doubt that will be official but the sony PSP's graphics will be close matching to that of the PS2 and has a remake of Final Fantasy VII and the movie Advent Children. it will also have (hold your breath) GT4 released and ridge racer and most possibly NFSUII and from what ive heard the graphics for GT4 on the PSP are almost no difference to that of PS2. if only we had one of those to play

-_-"

[D-G]

IM SORRY DID YOU SAY FF7 THE GAME? i think im gonna cry! whens it coming out??!?!??!!?!

[skyzerr33]

$200 on a handheld. waste of money

to easy to loose, drop or get stolen.

[Kaido_RR]

gt4, will never happen that is a game sign for ps2 only, people are dreaming if they think it will be rls on other consoles

[SKYLVIA]

Im not sure on the release date but it is certain that FFVII is coming out on PSP theres actually 4 different versions of final fantasy VII being released.

and GT4 already has happened PSP is made by sony and from what ive heard it may even be a launch title

4 games that will be released on the PSP are: Viewtiful joe, Devil May Cry, King Of Fighters Maximum Impact, Metal Gear Acid

Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus will be released on the PS2 and apparently you play as Vincent

[Rezz]

Racing games for PSP only include 'Ridge Racer' at the moment. 'NFSU Rivals' is due out in mid-Feb. No mention of GT4 being released on PSP in Japan.

[SKYLVIA]

really because on www.lik-sang.com they have it listed to come out 1st quarter of this year and its called GT4 Mobile

[SKYLVIA]

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=...oducts_id=4470&

theres the link. i wonder how theres no news of it in japan i thought it wouldve been massive?

[Rezz]

really because on www.lik-sang.com they have it listed to come out 1st quarter of this year and its called GT4 Mobile

They say Spring 2005 (northern hemisphere) which could be anytime until May... and I seached all over Sonys Japanese site for any mention of GT4 on PSP with no luck. I know how Sony put back release dates like it's going out of fashion... hell even with the PS2 release of GT4 they put back the release date 1 month at the 11th hour.

But yeah, the only mention of PSP GT4 right now is on the hardcore gamers sites... when I said there was no mention of it I meant 'official release date'... your right though it's definately on the cards.

[SKYLVIA]

ohhhhh ok i thought you meant there was no production for it but im glad it is happening. has there been much news on final fantasy VII Advent Children and Kingdom Hearts II in Japan lately?

[D-G]

do you have a link for the finaly fantasy VII games? =D

[SKYLVIA]

ok, heres link to a site where you buy NTSC games from ones for FFVII DC and the other one is for FFVII AC

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=...oducts_id=5592&

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=...oducts_id=6242&

and heres official sites from square-enix

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/dvd/ff7ac/

its in japanese but you should be able to find your way around and get wallpapers, video clips etc...

[KDE]

gt4, will never happen that is a game sign for ps2 only, people are dreaming if they think it will be rls on other consoles

Well um incase you didnt realise the PSP is sony so i see no reason why they wouldnt put it on their to give it a boost in sales.

[Slow]

Nintendo have allready given the beast hand held systems ever, The most ever sold piece of gaming equipment was the gameboy advance and unless Sony have somthing to say to it, the DS will win hands down.

[MacGuyver]

I reckon the DS will kick bottom as well. I heard the PSP has a very limited battery life compared to the DS having 10 hours. I also wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft decide to release a handheld system of their own in the future if Sony can do well with the PSP.

[SKYLVIA]

the PSP actually has about 9 hours battery life i heard for playing nonstop which is pretty good concidering the grapics it had to generate. i think DS will win the hearts of children where PSP will be more advanced and be more for the 13+ genre and plus i may get both handhelds (depending on finances ^_^") but i can say now that i am looking forward to the PSP more than the DS

[Slow]

There we go.... back to the basics... nintendo for kids.... sony for older people, because its simply not true, i mean sure nintendo have mario but SONY sign up basically any game, ive seen a damn barbie game on playstation and nintendo have qulaity rather then quantity....

[SKYLVIA]

lol i didnt mean it like that, sony have a much wider range of games where nintendo really only sign there own brand games + more or games that are made for nintendo. i have nothing against any system i love them all but you dont see a wide range of fighting, racing, shooting games on nintendo systems do you?

[Slow]

lol i didnt mean it like that, sony have a much wider range of games where nintendo really only sign there own brand games + more or games that are made for nintendo. i have nothing against any system i love them all but you dont see a wide range of fighting, racing, shooting games on nintendo systems do you?

Yet again you missed my point. Nintendo have very few low qulaity games, while sony have a wide range of games... huge vast genres, nintendo is more famous and will sell more for its apeal to vast majority of the audience... which are kids.

[SKYLVIA]

your right, nintendo have very little low quality games but how well did you think they went on sales on the game cube? while making a completely unique system they also limited the possibilities of it ever doing anything eye poppingly great. it couldnt play dvds (unless you had purchased the 3rd party GC) it couldnt play any previous nintendo titles and it also had very few titles to play (even though they may have been quality ones) Nintendo have actually lost alot of money through the gamecube which is why the DS might just be there last handheld. i know there are alot of ppl who dont want to admit it but it happened to sega and they were once one of the biggest players in the game rivaling with nintendo. And even though there arent as many quality games or better graphics for PS2 it still seems to sell better than the Gamecube because of the variety of the games and the dvd compatibility. The DS does have about 4-5 quality games that i think werent made on a low budget. games like project rub and a dating sim?? i wonder how long it will take for that to get old? but they are getting games like Mario 64 DS, Spiderman 2, Metroid Prime: Hunters etc... nintendo now have a threat in the handheld market, PSP with better graphics, more games, and able to play movies. although they both boast wireless lan and bluetooth capabilities we will only know which one is better when they are both out. if it werent for PSP coming out nintendo would be doing great because even though the gamecube was a bit of a loss they could still get it back on handheld with the audience of kids but not all kids are going to b loyal to nintendo they just want the better games. and Sony also have great quality games for example: final fantasy, Gran Turismo, Grand theft Auto +many more